Apparatus for and method of applying designs on textiles



w. J. KUNEDT 1,839,397

AND IETHOD 0F APPLYING DESIGNS 0N TEXTIQES Jan. 5, 1932.

APPARATUS FOR Filed Dec. 3, .1928

INVENTOR. w/LL/flM J Kumepr Patented Jan. 5, 193.

wdlblldllfif J. RUE E331, OF SAN 3PM {11560, CALHORNEA, ASSIGNOE OFFIFTY FEB a;

-'1( LMERSIGN MANUFACTURING (30., OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAIMTFOBNIA, A.C0320 man" or csnrronrne .QPPARATUS F R AND METHOD 913 AFELYUTG DE$IGNS0N TEXTILES Application filed December 3, 1928. Serial R0. 323,889.

This invention relates particularly to an apparatus for and a process ofapplying designs on textiles, fabrics, and other materials. An object ofthe invention is to provide an apparatus for, and a process of, applyingdesigns on textiies, fabrics, or the like, by dyes of different colors,so that the textile, fabric or the like will have a predetermined designpermanently dyed thereon.

A further object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for use inaccordance with my process, whereby dyes of difi'erent colors may beexpeditiously applied to the material to receive the design, by thesuccessive operation of a series of patterns or stencils, each.embodying a part of the design, and through which one color of dye isadapt-ed to be passed, the various patterns or stencils being normallyheld out of the way and adapted to bebrought into matching relation overthe work before the various dyes are applied to the work-through thepattern or stencil.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a process ofpermanently dyeing designs on textiles, fabrics or the like in a singlecolor or a plurality of different colors.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an apparatus for and amethod of a plying designs on textiles, fabrics and t e like that willbe superior in point of simplicity, inexpensivcness of construction,positiveness of operation, and facility and convenience in use andgeneral elliciency.

In this specification and the annexed draw ings, the invention isillustrated in the form considered to be the best, but it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to such form, because it beembodied in other forms, and it is also to be understood that'in and bythe claims following the description, it is desired to cover theinvention in whatsoever form it may be embodied.

In the accompanying one sheet of draw- .Fig. i represents a perspectiveview of an apparatus for applying designs on textiles, fabrics and thelike, constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section taken through Fig.1 on the line 2-2.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentar v view showing the stencil or pattern applie inoperative position over the textile, fabric, or the like, to which thedesign is to be applied.

In detail, the apparatus to be used in the practice of my processconsists of a table 1 having a planar top surface 2 over which aresilient padding 3 is placed. A. slot 4 is cut, laterally, across oneend of the table top 2, and a riser strip 5 is arranged along one sideof the slot 4. A roll of absorbent material 6 such as cloth paper, orthe like, is rotatably mounted on the legs of the table 1, adjacent anend thereof. The material on the roll is adapted to pass upwardlythrough the slot 4 in the end of the table top, and over the riser strip5. The material 6 is ada ted to be extended over the entire length 0 theupper surface of the table, and to pass between a pair of tighter-errollers, 8 and 9, respectivel journaled in a dryer housing 10 arrangedcuntiguous to an end of the table 1. The material 6 within the housing10 then passes around the periphery of a beater roller 7, having acorrugated exterior, to provide suficient friction when contacted withthe absorbent material 6 to draw the said material lengthwise over thetable. After leaving the beater roller the material 6 either drops ontothe floor in a loose condition or is passed around a roller for furthertreatment.

The textile 12, or the fabric, or such other material as is'suitable tohave the design dyed thereon, is arran ed in stacked relation adjacentthe end of t e table in a location near to that of the roll of absorbentmaterial 6. The material 12 is adapted to pass up over the end of thetable, and over the upper surface of the length of the absorbentmaterial 6, and to enter the dryer compartment 10. The design material12 passes around a horizontal roller 13 which has the upper side of itscircumference substantially parallel to the upper surface of the riserstrip 5. By having the upper circumference of the roller 13 in the sameplane as that of the upper surface of the riser strip 5, the designmaterial 12 can be stretched taut, in spaced relation, above the uppersurface of the padded table top. The material 12 passes around theroller 13, thence around a roller 14. in the bottom of the dryercompartment 10 and thence upwardly around a roller 15 and outwardlythrough the container to a roller or spool 16 onto which the material 12with the design thereon is wound. I have provided a pulley 17 on the endof the roller 16 and a hand operated pulley 18 on the side of thetable 1. A belt 19 connects the pulleys 17 and 18 so that by rotatingthe pulley 18 in the direction of the arrow A, it is possible to drawthe cloth ormaterial 12 having the design thereon over the upper surfaceof the table, as well as to draw said material through the dryincompartment 10. A pulley 20 is also provi ed on the end of the beaterroller 7, and a belt 21 connects the pulley 20 to a pulley 22 that issecured on the roller 16 whereby the absorbent under material 6 is movedin unison with the material 12on which the design has been applied. Ihave found that the d e passes through the material 12 and is a sorbedby the under cloth 6 and by reason of the process of absorption theupper sheet sticks to the under cloth with sufiicienttenacity to moveboth sheets of material simultaneously. A heating element 23 of anydesirable character is arranged under the bottom of the drying compart10, to supply a drying heat to the in terior of said compartment to drythe design which has been dyed into the material 12 The u per side ofthe drying compartment provided with a door 24 thereon and a door 25 isalso provided on one sideof the drying compartment to facilitate thepassing of the material 12 around the various rollers within the saidcompartment.

A rectangular frame 26 having a width substantially the same as that ofthe table top, is provided with a screen 27 over the bottom sidethereof, on which a predetermined design or pattern is arran 'ed. Thematerial 27 on which the design is placed is of any suitable reticulatedcharacter, and either the design on the screen or the portion ofmaterial around the design is imperforate so that the dye material canonly be passed through the open interstices of the said screen. A lowerend 28 of the frame is pivotally mounted at its opposite sides on a pairof pivots 29 and 30, each of which are vertically slidable at 31 on thetable 1. Expansion springs 32 are arranged around each of the framepivots 29 and 30 on the opposite sides of the table, to elevate theframe 26 above the upper surface of the table and above the uppersurface of the material 12 to'which the design is to be applied. Aprojecting shoulder 33 is secured to the frame pivot 29 on one side ofthe table to be engaged either by the hand or foot to force the framepivots 29 and, 30 and frame 26 vertically downward into engagement withthe upper surface of the table.

The expansion springs 32 return the frame 26 to the elevated,inoperative position when the hand or foot pressure is released. A stopbar 3 1 is provided on the frame pivot 29 on one side of the machine,and a coacting pin 35 is provided on the frame 26 to engage the stop ar34 for the purpose of holding the frame in the vertical position shownin Fig. 1.

In practicing my process of applying designs onto textiles, fabrics, orthe like, I arrange the material to receive the design 12 on the uppersurface 2 of the table, over the absorbent mc'xrial 6 which is stretchedtightly thereunder. The ends of the material 12 to receive the design,as well as the absorbent material 6, is passed through and around thevarious rollers in the drying compartment 10, as in the mannerheretofore described. The screen frame 26 with the design thereon isnext swung down from the vertical inoperative position shown by fulllines in Fig. 1, into the horizontal operative position shown by dottedlines in the same figure. The screen surfac i the said frame thus liesparallel to, and in contact with, the up er surface of the material 12which is to receive the design. The operator next depresses the footpivot 29 downwardly until the screen frame 26, the material 12 toreceive the design, and the absorbent material 6, is placed in bearingcontact with the u per surface of the table.

I have found that it is very. desirable to paint the desi n on thescreen surface 27 with a water proof paint, or one which has a paraffinbase, or one comprised of a paint that has therein one part of camphorand from one to twelve arts of shellac, or a water proof paper 0 thedesired desi n that is attached to the screen 27 by wetting it into theinterstices of the said screen.

The dye that is placed over the screen surface 27 is thickened with gumtragacanth, starch, or moss, or any other gum combined with a suitablemordant. The dye is scraped or brushed over the inside surface of thescreen 27 to force it through the interstices of the screen, whichcomprises the design thereon, onto any textile, fabric, or othermaterial which may be directly under the said frame 26. The dye will, ofcourse, enter into the body of the material to which it is applied, andwill dye said material with the same design as that on the screen 27 onthe frame 26. The dye is forced either through or around the intersticesof the design in the screen 27 by means of a scraper or a stiff brush.The dye that passes through the design cloth 12 that is to have thedesign dyed thereon is absorbed by the material 6 beneath theupper-cloth. After the desired design has been applied or dyed onto thematerial 12. the screen frame 26 is progressively separated from thematerial and elevated into a vertical position and the material 12 withthe design dyed thereon is advanced into the drying compartment. Where adesign is being dyed onto a relatively large piece of material 12 theunder cloth 6 may be pulled by hand to pull it and the over cloth 12over the work table. A fresh piece of material 12 to have a design dyedthereon, is thus placed in registry with the screen frame 26, and theoperation of dyeing the desi onto the fresh piece of material is repeateAs fast as the material with the design dyed thereon is advanced intothe drying compartment, the material is dried therein and removed forusage. Although Ihave shown the material with the design dyed thereonpassed into a drying compartment, I do not wish to be limitedexclusively thereto, as it would be clearly within the purview of theinvention to cut off the material with the designs .d ed thereon aftereach dyeing operation, an the cut 05 sheets of the design dried or caredfor in some suitable manner. After the material has been suitably driedwith the designs thereon, it is steamed or aged, to properly fasten thedye color into the textile, fabric, or the like, and afterwards, thethickening material in the dyed design, as well as the thickeningmaterial in the textile, fabric, or the like is washed or rinsed out.

It is to be understood that either a design of single color could bedyed onto the material, or a design of a plurality of colors could bedyed onto said material, either in separate and independent operationsor in a series of successive operations.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a stenciling machine having a table over which a material to bestenciled is movable and having a heated compartment related thereto toreceive the stenciled material; a frame having thereon the design to bestenciled positionable longitudinally over the said material; means tosupport an end of the frame above said material adapt-.

ed to lower the longitudinally positioned frame to a plane substantiallyparallel to the table and into contact with the said material during thestenciling operation, and to raise the longitudinally positioned framefrom the stenciling operation to permit movement of the material withthe stenciled design thereon away from beneath the frame; and movingmeans on the table adhering to the underside of said material to advancethe same away from beneath the frame.

2. A stenciling machine comprising a table over which a material to bestenciled is movable; an absorbent sheet movable on the table interposedbetween the table and material to be stenciled to absorb the excess d ethat permeates the said material during t 1e stenoiling operation; aframe having thereon the design to be stenciled positionablelongitudinally over the said material; and'means to able; an absorbentsheet movable on the table interposed between the table and material tobe stenciled to absorb the excess dye that permea-tes the said materialduring the stenciling operation; a frame havin the design'to bestenciled positionable longitudinally over the said material; meanstolower an end of the Ion itudinally positioned frame onto the tab einto-contact with the said material during the stenciling o eration andto raise the end of the'longltu 'nally posit-ionedframe after thestenciling operation to permit movement of the material with thestenciled design thereon away from beneath the frame; and means toadvance the absorbent sheet on the table with the material away frombeneath the frame.

4. A stenciling machine comprising a table over which a material to bestenciled is movable; an absorbent sheet interposed between the tableand material to be stenciled to absorb the excess dye that permeates thesaid material during the stenciling operation; means to move thestenciled material and absorbent sheet in unison; a frame having thereonthe design to be stenciled positionable longitu dinally over the saidmaterial; and means to lower the longitudinally positioned frame ontothe table into contact with the said mate rial during the stencilingoperation and to raise the longitudinally positioned frame after thestencilin operation to permit movement of the material with thestenciled design thereon away from beneath the frame.

5. In a stenciling machine havin a table over which a material to bestenciled is movable and having a heated compartment related thereto toreceive the stenciled material; an absorbent sheet interposed betweenthe table and the material to be'st-enciled, to absorb the excess dyethat permeates the said material during the stenciling operation; meansto move the stenciled material and the absorbent sheet in unison; aframe having thereon a design to be stenciled positionablelongitudinally over the said material; means to lower the longitudinallypositioned frame onto the table and into contact with the said materialduring the stenciling operation and to raise the longitudinallypositioned frame after the stenciling operation, to permit movement ofthe material with the table to pivotally support an end ofthefsten' Mcil adapted to first raisehsaidlpivoted end whenthe'stencilisliftedthereby-to-separate" i stencil bodily movable into pl-anar'eontaet the,material 'act io n.=, U i 1, v 1 8, In a stenciling maching a table; 8.0011? 7 v absorbent material movablewith saidfirst the stencilfromthematerial with e fi .r 15 sive strippi H 'end oi the stenciladapted to automatic all g 7. In a stenciling"'maehinerartable-bierZwhich amate'rial to be stenciled'is plaee,d,"a

withthe material 0131' j the table; wesilieht @[T meanson the tableltopivotallyrsupport "an first raise said pivoted end when the stenci islifted, thereby to separate the steneil iron; i LP e eerie t-inuousstri'p of -ma.teri al to be stenciled ew-1 able lengthwise over saidtable; list/131p of mentioned material andinterposed between v k 1 I 1the table and material; aframe-havin there-J r on the desi to bestenciled positiona he ever said material on said table, said framehaving one side thereof related to the table;

1 means to lower the frame into contact with the said material, wherebythe planeof the frame is parallel to the plane Of'the table during thestenciling operation, and'to raise one end of the frame to effect aprogressive separation of the frame from the material,

- after the stenciling operation; and means to advance the stenciledmaterial and absorbent material away frombeneath the frame.

In testimon whereof I have hereunto set my hand at an Francisco,California, this 8th day of March, 1927.

WILLIAM KUNEDT;

